I run Asterisk on Redhat 8.0 with a VM hosted by Microsoft's Virtual PC which, in turn, runs on Windows 2000 Server. Works like a charm. Can't use Zaptel cards but that's OK for me. I can put it into standby any time and it takes only a few seconds to start up the VM from its saved state and at that time the Linux session (and Asterisk) is available once again.
Bill Seddon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists Sent: September 10, 2004 2:03 PM To: Andy Powell Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] iaxy vs sipura On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:05:09 +0200, Andy Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the risk of stating the obvious.... if you have a laptop not running MacOSX (ie perhaps running windows) download my asterisk live! cd ( http://www.automated.it/asterisk/ ), burn it and test it on your laptop and bung it in your laptop case along with your iaxy/sipura/whatever > and errm... problem solved.. :D Certainly an option, but most business folks will want to have their Outlook contacts and Excel spreadsheets in front of them when they are on the phone. Dual boot environments are not ideal in those situations. Imagine you're talking to some guy on the phone about prices and he tells you "I cant' tell you what the discounts are right now because I would have to shut down the phone system to open Excel". However, you could use VMware on an Intel notebook to run both Windoze and Linux concurrently. This wouldn't be ideal for a real PBX for performance reasons, but since all you are going to use Asterisk for is to be a gateway for one single user, it's probably ok in this particular scenario. I remember there was a guy in Romania who reported he had VMware with Windoze and Asterisk on Linux running as a home PBX on his PC and it seemed to be alright. If you'd combine such a setup with a Windoze GUI tool that will start and stop the Linux environment and Asterisk at the push of a button, then you'd have a fairly convenient and workable SIP/IAX gateway solution for travelling biz folks. rgds benjk -- Sunrise Telephone Systems, 9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. NB: Spam filters in place. Messages unrelated to the * mailing lists may get trashed. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users